{"id":93,"date":"2009-08-04T19:59:55","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T01:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.30dayvegetarian.com\/forum\/?p=93"},"modified":"2009-08-04T20:08:53","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T02:08:53","slug":"gluten-free-carrot-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.30dayvegetarian.com\/forum\/?p=93","title":{"rendered":"Gluten Free Carrot Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This recipe is part of a new line I am working on of \u201cbean cakes\u201d that replace traditional flour with canned beans. These wonderfully moist cakes are also minimal sugar and higher in protein making them a guilt-free indulgence!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cake Ingredients:<\/strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-99\" title=\"carrot cake ingredients sharpen 300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.30dayvegetarian.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/carrot-cake-ingredients-sharpen-300.jpg\" alt=\"carrot cake ingredients sharpen 300\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cans Navy Beans (drained)<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup Raisins<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00bd cups Grated Carrot<\/li>\n<li>2 TBS Olive Oil<\/li>\n<li>5 Eggs (may substitute 6 egg whites, if desired)<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp Baking Powder<\/li>\n<li> \u00bc tsp Cinnamon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In your heavy duty food processor, blend the beans and raisins until you have a smooth puree. Add about half of your grated carrots, olive oil and continue to processes as you add the eggs one at a time into your batter. Pour batter into a large bowl and stir in your baking powder, cinnamon and the remaining grated carrots. Bake in parchment lined cake pans at 375 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool completely before frosting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cream Cheese Frosting<\/strong>:<br \/>\n\u2022\t2 packages Cream Cheese<br \/>\n\u2022\t\u00bc cup crushed pineapple (drained)<\/p>\n<p>Beat cream cheese until fluffy and add pineapple.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100 alignright\" title=\"carrot cake slice up from cake 300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.30dayvegetarian.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/carrot-cake-slice-up-from-cake-300.jpg\" alt=\"carrot cake slice up from cake 300\" width=\"400\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.30dayvegetarian.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/carrot-cake-slice-up-from-cake-300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.30dayvegetarian.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/carrot-cake-slice-up-from-cake-300-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I\u2019m not a nutritionist, but I am a wiz with an Excel spreadsheet! (Values provided for entertainment purposes only) My calculations for this recipe (<a onmousedown=\"UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), &quot;381c568cd19f5d1b8ebc698197c8d934&quot;, event)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/recipes.sparkpeople.com\/recipe-calculator.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><span>http:\/\/recipes.sparkpeople.com\/recipe-ca<\/span>lculator.asp<\/a>) show this version to be 353 Calories compared to 582 Calories for a standard Carrot Cake found at AllRecipes.com. But this dessert also boasts 14 grams of protein and 11 grams of dietary fiber per slice. All of this with only 2 grams of sugar per serving. Need to cut the fat down in your after dinner treat? Consider a snack cake version baked in an 8\u201d x 8\u201d pan and omit the frosting and par down the total fat to only 5 grams per serving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This recipe is part of a new line I am working on of \u201cbean cakes\u201d that replace traditional flour with canned beans. These wonderfully moist cakes are also minimal sugar and higher in protein making them a guilt-free indulgence!<\/p>\n<p>Cake Ingredients:<\/p>\n<p> 2 cans Navy Beans (drained) 1\/3 cup Raisins 1 \u00bd cups Grated [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,6,8,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.30dayvegetarian.com\/forum\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.30dayvegetarian.com\/forum\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.30dayvegetarian.com\/forum\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.30dayvegetarian.com\/forum\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.30dayvegetarian.com\/forum\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.30dayvegetarian.com\/forum\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97,"href":"https:\/\/www.30dayvegetarian.com\/forum\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.30dayvegetarian.com\/forum\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.30dayvegetarian.com\/forum\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.30dayvegetarian.com\/forum\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}